11 days
I woke up stiff and sore this morning with a headache. I don’t like waking up with a headache. It’s difficult enough to haul my butt out of bed under normal circumstances.
I took my dress to the dry cleaner’s today. They said it would take two weeks to clean. I said that wasn’t cool (since I need for, you know, the wedding). Next thing you know, it’s going to be done on Friday. Weird.
The stupid thing is that it costs $55 to simply be dry cleaned just because it’s a wedding dress. A regular dress would be like $20 or something. And my dress is not all that much different from a regular dress; it just happens to be white. It’s not one of those gigantic poofy things with tons of fabric and beading and sparklies. Grr. I hate the price-gouging that goes on every time the word “wedding” comes into a conversation.
Denny: STOP READING NOW if you don’t want to hear about my planned ensem (pronounced ahn-sahm, and the cool way to abbreviate “ensemble”).
I’m also suddenly worried that I’m going to be wearing too much jewelry and I’ll look like a little girl playing dress-up. I love all my jewelry items independently, but I’m afraid that all together it will be overdone. I have dangly sparkly earrings, a sparkly brooch, a long pearl necklace that goes down my back (my dress is backless), and a rather dramatic feathered hair comb (no veil). Is that too much? Keep in mind that my dress is totally (and I mean completely) devoid of ornamentation, except for the brooch.
I don’t know. When I have it all on, I don’t really feel like myself. Plus the earrings are heavy and will no doubt hurt my earlobes by the end of the night. On the other hand, perhaps one’s wedding is the best opportunity one has to be a little over-the-top. Thoughts?
The key sentiment here seems to me to be that you don’t feel like yourself when you’re in full regalia. Is that a good thing? Sure, it’s your wedding day, and presumably you aren’t supposed to feel quite yourself, but it would be good to be comfortable with (and excited by) how you look.
FWIW, I’m a fan of minimalism and small, classy touches for events like weddings (surely that opinion will help you make up your mind one way or another). I assume the pearls are in for sure, to highlight the back of the dress. And the dangling earrings would also be a neat touch and probably help accentuate those long, vertical lines you’re creating with the dress and the long necklace. I might go without the feathered comb and possibly to brooch (or at the very least, decide between the brooch and the earrings). Were I a bride, I wouldn’t want anything on my head that might distract my guests from noticing the huge smile spread across my face.
Then again, what do I know?
It’s hard to say without seeing it all together. If you would like your maids’ advice, I’m sure we’d all be open to a bridal fashion show on rehearsal night. You’re going to be beautiful no matter what, so I think it’s whatever you feel comfortable in. I wouldn’t want you feeling even remotely self-conscious on your wedding day.